N. Carchost loc.

N. Carchost, loc.
See S. Carchost for discussion.

References ✧ SD/23; SDI1/Carchost

Elements

carch “tooth, fang”
ost “city, town (with wall round)”

N. Gorgos loc. “Dire-castle”

Name of a tower near Cirith Ungol glossed “Dire-castle” in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, along with its companion Nargos (TI/344). It seems to be a combination of some form of goroth “horror” and ost “(walled) city”. It might be a precursor to later Carchost, one of the towers at the entrance to the Gates of Mordor in the published version of The Lord of the Rings.

References ✧ SDI1/Gorgos; TI/344; TII; WRI

Glosses

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Elements

goroth “horror”
ost “city, town (with wall round)”